What are the Toronto Complete Streets guidelines for sidewalks?
Toronto Complete Streets Guidelines 4.4 81 Street Design for Pedestrians Additional Accessibility and Universal Design Features Sidewalk should be flat and level, while maintaining proper drainage. SIDEWALK MATERIALS Sidewalk materials and their maintenance impact the experience of a street.
What challenges does the Sidewalk Toronto project face?
This Article analyzes the Sidewalk Toronto project as it took shape in its first phase, prior to the release of the Master Innovation and Development Plan, and explores three major governance challenges posed by the imagined “city of the future”: privatization, platformization, and domination.
Who's liable if you slip and fall on a Toronto sidewalk?
They can pass bylaws like Toronto's requiring homeowners to clean snow from adjacent sidewalks. But courts have ruled that if someone slips and falls, municipalities are liable. (Homeowners could become responsible if they've blocked the sidewalk).
What are the laws on sidewalks in front of homes and buildings?
Each state sets its own laws about ownership of property, including sidewalks in front of homes and buildings. Additionally, property owners are subject to state, county and city rules on maintaining the sidewalks.
toronto municipal code chapter 743 streets and sidewalks